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BetVictor Craddockstown Novice Chase (Grade 2)
Grade 2, 2m43y, Chase, 4yo+, 8 runners
Winning time 4m 9.80s
- Going
- Soft
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 12 fences
Result
Sam Ewing
Gordon Elliott
Up with the front group early - moved to the front at the 2nd and set the pace throughout - drifted right approaching 4 out - driven and forging ahead before the last - kept on strongly to win
Jack Kennedy
Gordon Elliott
Settled just behind leaders early - up to 3rd by halfway - drifted right and blundered two out - into 2nd but unable to close on winner before last - driven out after last for a steady finish
Richard Deegan
Joseph Patrick O'Brien
Held up towards the back - hampered 2nd - errors at the 4th and 6th - moved into 4th approaching 4 out - driven after the following fence and unable to make any headway into 3rd before the last - stayed on at one tempo to finish third
Sean Flanagan
Noel Meade
Held a forward spot early - sat close to pace after 2nd - shaken up and shifted across entering straight - couldn't find headway after 2 out - eased back to 4th before last and held on for that spot
Shane Fitzgerald
David Kenneth Budds
Raced up with the pack early - settled just off the front pair after the 2nd - fourth at halfway - urged into effort in 5th but made no gain from 4 out and stayed on same speed to finish 5th
Sean O'Keeffe
John Patrick Ryan
Sat close to the pace early on inner - blundered at the 5th and slipped back through the field - fluffed the 7th - driven from 4 out but made no headway - faded away and beaten well out the back by the finish
Darragh O'Keeffe
Thomas Mullins
Settled just behind the pace - fell in 5th at the second fence
Danny Mullins
Joseph Patrick O'Brien
Settled in behind leaders early - brought down in 7th at the second obstacle
Draw in brackets. Headgear: b blinkers, v visor, h hood, t tongue strap, p cheekpieces, e/s eye shield; ¹ first time. C course winner, D distance winner, CD course and distance winner. Form reads oldest to newest.